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Ígùn Érònwwòn (Royal Bronze-casting Guild)
Ama (Plaque)16th to 17th century

Not on view
Dark bronze Benin plaque in low relief depicting a standing figure wearing a helmet and beaded necklaces, cradling a smaller figure, against an incised spiral-patterned background

Ígùn Érònwwòn (Royal Bronze-casting Guild), Ama (Plaque), 16th to 17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ígùn Érònwwòn (Royal Bronze-casting Guild)
Title
Ama (Plaque)
Place Made
Africa, Republic of Mali, Court of Benin
Date Made
16th to 17th century
Medium
Copper alloy
Dimensions
19 x 7 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (48.26 x 18.42 x 8.89 cm) irregular
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Bing Arnold
Accession Number
M.74.90
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
African Art
Provenance

Kenneth John Hewett (1919-1994) London. [Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018), New York, sold 1974 to [1]; LACMA.

[1] Anna H. Bing Arnold (née Kostant) (1901-2003), Los Angeles, donated the funds to purchase the Plaque